Critical Quotes - Page 2

• America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.

  Adam Schiff

  Powerful, Play, America

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• A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that.

  Laurie Anderson

  Technology, United States, Different

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• To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.

  Quintilian

  Boys, Giving, Imagination

  Quintilian (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)”, p.77, Delphi Classics

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• I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical heat would crucify me.

  Chuck Barris

  Personality, Doe, Heat

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• As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

  Basil Rathbone

  People, Grows, Oneself

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• And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

  Louise Slaughter

  Hard Work, Equal Pay, Issues

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• By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities.

  Dan Lipinski

  Cutting, Priorities, Environmental

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• The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Artist, Energy, Lines

  Andy Goldsworthy (2001). “Midsummer Snowballs”, Harry N. Abrams

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• I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.

  Laura Bush

  Thinking, Media, America

  "Laura Bush on U.S. Political Divide". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. August 5, 2004.

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• Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable element of culture.

  Theodor Adorno

  Revenge, Mind, Criticism

  Theodor W. Adorno (1982). “Prisms”, p.22, MIT Press

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• In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Inspiration, Men, Wish

  "Fictional character: Mr. Spock". "Star Trek" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 1968.

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• The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just and democratic society in Iraq.

  Spencer Bachus

  Iraq, Three, Movement

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• The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

  John Frankenheimer

  Choices, Important, Directors

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• I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need.

  Donna Reed

  Blood, Needs, Donation

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al Qaeda and gather critical intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks on our homeland.

  Jim Ramstad

  Support, Als, Terrorist

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• When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

  Winston Churchill

  Motivational, Judging, Criticism

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• I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.

  Sarah Bernhardt

  Country, Business, Critical Moments

  Sarah Bernhardt (1968). “Memories of my life, being my personal, professional, and social recollections as woman and artist”

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• I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.

  Catherine Deneuve

  People, I Can

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• One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

  Euripides

  Trying, Doe, Racist

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• Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

  Paul Farmer

  Real, Rights, Sick

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• In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders.

  Bobby Jindal

  Borders, Aftermath, September

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• I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.

  Andrea Jung

  Thinking, Careers, Committed

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• So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.

  Emily Mortimer

  Attention, Misery, Enough

  "Woman on the verge". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2001.

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• The impending teacher shortage is the most critical education issue we will face in the next decade.

  David Price

  Teacher, Issues, Next

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• If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.

  Damon Hill

  Sports, Athlete, Perspective

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